English Language Expert (South Africa)

What You'll Do5

• Listen to multi-speaker conversations and identify features of South African English dialects and accents.
• Label audio and speaker details, including dialect, accent, noise level, recording quality, age, and speaking style.
• Edit and review ASR-generated transcripts for South African spelling, idioms, and usage.
• Mark regional and cultural speech features, including influences from Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, and other local languages.
• Explain South African colloquialisms, slang, and vocabulary such as “braai,” “lekker,” and “robot.”

Requirements4

• The work calls for fluent South African English proficiency and a keen ear for its dialects and accents.
• The annotation work calls for familiarity with regional varieties such as Cultivated, General, Broad, Afrikaans-influenced, Black, and Indian South African English.
• The role calls for strong knowledge of South African vocabulary, idioms, local expressions, and cross-linguistic borrowings.
• The work calls for clear written and verbal communication, close attention to detail, and the ability to identify regional, cultural, and multilingual influences in speech.

Preferred Qualifications1

• Experience in teaching, linguistics, transcription, editing, translation, or journalism.

Who Should Apply

Candidates fluent in South African English who can distinguish its regional varieties and recognize local vocabulary and multilingual influences may be a strong fit. Experience in a language-related field is also relevant.

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